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  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 08.12.2025

    Cluster Tourism industry

    The picture shows a man from behind. He is wearing a T shirt and short trousers. He is walking through a wood carrying a rucksack. To the right and left of the path, white flowers are blooming beneath the trees.

    … the industry – with 2.8 million employees – generated profits amounting to just under 124 billion Euros. This equates to some 4 % of Germany’s entire Gross Value … for instance, to winter sports or outdoor bathing, is evidently more closely bound up with suitable weather patterns. Largely independent of location and type of … in respect of measures such as the expansion of offers that are available year-round, regardless of the weather, or the strengthening of summer tourism by …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

    VE-I-4: Road accidents due to weather conditions and weather patterns

    The picture shows a car driving on a road covered in water. It is clear to see that the headlights and windscreen wipers are switched on. Heavy rain is falling.

    … and prevailing weather patterns can have on accidents happening, it is currently under discussion whether climate change might have relevant impacts on road safety … the aim to make the assessment of climate risks for the federal trunk road system easier. 169 Since 2016 any climate-change related activities carried out by the BASt … the aim to make the assessment of climate risks for the federal trunk road system easier. 169 Since 2016 any climate-change related activities carried out by the BASt …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    BS-I-1: Person hours due to weather-related damage events

    The picture shows an inundated landscape. In the centre of the picture a flooded road can be seen, with a lorry passing. There are people visible on the lorry’s load platform. In the picture’s foreground, part of a blue emergency vehicle is visible with blue warning lamps fitted all round the vehicle which is also driving along this flooded road.

    … In the early summer of 2013, entire sweeps of country in Central Europe were inundated owing to rainfalls lasting for days on end. In Germany, a total of nine … in Germany’s history triggered the greatest ever call-out effort since the foundation of the THW. Parts of the Ahr valley in Rhineland-Palatinate were impacted … goods to the population. Overall, the THW’s emergency relief responders worked just under 3 million person hours in that year. The high number of call-out figures …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    VE-I-1 + 2: Flood closures and low water restrictions on the Rhine

    … High-water closures to shipping on the Rhine Source: Generaldirektion Wasserstraßen und Schifffahrt (closures to shipping) VE-I-2: Low-water restrictions to shipping on … restrictions to shipping on the Rhine Source: Generaldirektion Wasserstraßen und Schifffahrt (restrictions to shipping) Extended low-water phases have very … longer possible for tank barges to navigate the Rhine fully laden, and because around the same time a Bavarian refinery stopped production for an extended period, …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 20.09.2024

    Cluster Transport, transport infrastructure

    The picture shows a flooded dip in a road. There is a roadblock in the foreground indicating that the road is closed to traffic. A sign reading ‘Hochwasser’ (floodwater) is fixed to the roadblock. There are flooded meadows visible on both sides of the road.

    … Other relevant events are winter storms with heavy snowfall and drifting snow or inundations resulting from floodwater and heavy rain. In years of high heat exposure, … framework of departmental research in respect of the 20th parliamentary term under the motto ‘Transforming mobility sustainably and promoting digital efficiency’ (‘Mobilität nachhaltig transformieren und die digitale Leistungsfähigkeit vorantreiben’). This includes research …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 30.09.2024

    Cluster Civic protection

    The picture shows two emergency vehicles with blue lights switched on, one of the vehicles is a fire engine and the other one a blue emergency relief (THW) vehicle. Both vehicles are only partly visible.

    … shaken Germany. In this context, progressive global warming has increasingly foregrounded natural hazards. In this country, meteorological changes have been increasing …   227 - Bündnis Entwicklung Hilft 2022: WeltRisikoBericht 2022 – Fokus: Digitalisierung. Berlin, 75 S. https://weltrisikobericht.de. 228 - BBK – Bundesamt für …   227 - Bündnis Entwicklung Hilft 2022: WeltRisikoBericht 2022 – Fokus: Digitalisierung. Berlin, 75 S. https://weltrisikobericht.de. 228 - BBK – Bundesamt für …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    GE-I-8: Index – case study

    The picture shows a man’s upper arm in focus. The man is lifting the sleeve of his T-shirt with two fingers. In contrast with the skin previously covered by the T-shirt, the part of the skin that has been exposed to sunlight looks very red.

    … arising from anthropogenic influences increases the UV irradiation close to the ground, it is of less importance for UV burdens in Germany. Nevertheless, the recovery … lasting for just a few days. The origin of this phenomenon may be sought year-round in dynamic processes in the atmosphere and, especially in spring, in the wintry … homogeneous standard for the daily peak value expected to be measured at ground level (30-minute mean) of the UV irradiation strength capable of causing sunburn …

  • Cover from 14.02.2019

    Climate Impacts and Adaptation

    Frau steht mit Regenjacke und Gummistiefeln in einem überschwemmten Gebiet

    … hot and extremely dry summer of 2018 is just one of many examples. This trend is bound to increase in the future. Climate change adaptation enables to deal with …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 12.12.2024

    FW-I-3 + 4: Forest condition and dieback rate

    … are damaged. In the case of deciduous trees, the spontaneous shedding of leaf mass under unfavourable conditions is frequently an appropriate adaptation response. This … to become a permanent feature in the affected trees. This kind of development is bound to lead to vitality losses or even to trees dying. However, the situation is … crown appears more transparent. 2016, for instance, stood out as a year of an abundant production of beechnuts – a mast year. So far, there is only scant …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 11.12.2024

    GE-I-2: Heat-related mortalities

    The picture shows an elderly woman wearing a white blouse. The lady is holding on to a rollator with one hand, while she is holding the back of her left hand to her forehead. In the background, a few fuzzy treetops or bushes are visible in bright light.

    … events involved. The number of heat-related mortalities – in the model underlying the indicator – is estimated as the difference between the modelled … on mortality. Subject to the age group and region examined, this value would be around 20 °C. Within a range of between 10 °C and 20 °C of a weekly mean temperature, … the heat warning service was in operation by 2018 (cf. Indicator GE-R-1 ), und vorsorgende Maßnahmen waren in vielen stationären Pflegeeinrichtungen etabliert. …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

    BAU-I-5: Claims expenditure for property insurance

    The picture shows a badly damaged single-family house. The exterior wall has been breached in several places, some windows are missing, and the exterior rendering is pitted to well above the ground floor. Mud and debris have accumulated all round the house.

    … C., Helms M., Rudolph E. 2020: Klimawandelbedingte Änderungen in Atmosphäre und Hydrosphäre: Schlussbericht des Schwerpunktthemas Szenarienbildung (SP-101) im … C., Helms M., Rudolph E. 2020: Klimawandelbedingte Änderungen in Atmosphäre und Hydrosphäre: Schlussbericht des Schwerpunktthemas Szenarienbildung (SP-101) im …